BASF is launching a new paint-on-demand (POD) manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico, focused on serving coil-coating customers in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon with faster product delivery and an enhanced level of service.
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), part of J.M. Huber Corporation, announced the launch of its new Web domain, www.hubermaterials.com, which will feature a robust product-identification tool.
Dover Corp. announced that its Dover Resources subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Almatec GmbH, Europe's premier manufacturer of air-operated double-diaphragm pumps.
Dutch chemicals group DSM NV, Amsterdam, will buy U.K.-based specialty chemicals company Avecia's coating resins operation for 515 million euros ($684 million) as it focuses on high-growth activities.
Rohm and Haas Co. said it will incur a fourth-quarter pretax charge of approximately $18 million for cash severance and employee-separation benefits affecting an estimated 200 employment positions that will be eliminated as part of an ongoing restructuring program.
On December 15, 2004, Clariant opened its new Technical Service Center in the Caohejing High Tech Park in Shanghai, adding another milestone to its presence in China.
Paint has officially started to flow off the production line at Akzo Nobel's new decorative coatings plant, just seven months after construction work began.
Coventry Coatings Corp. announced the purchase of a 24,000-square-foot building in the Town of Newburgh, a major crossroads in New York State's Orange County.
Dancers performed a traditional Chinese Lion Dance as part of the opening ceremony at the Qilu Eastman Specialty Chemicals, Ltd., plant located in China's Shandong Province.
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